About us
We are a new Istanbul property agency built for one specific person: the buyer who is not in Turkey yet, is reading in English, and is trying to work out whether any of this is real.
Why we started
This agency is new. We have no decades of history to sell you and we are not going to invent any. What we had was a clear view of a specific problem: Istanbul draws a great deal of interest from international buyers, and very little of it is presented in a way an international buyer can actually use.
Prices appear in one currency and are quoted in another. Listings repeat the same four photographs. The map, if there is one, is a screenshot. Ask a question in English and you may get an answer in three days, or a phone call at midnight, or nothing at all. Buying property abroad is already an act of trust; being unable to get a straight answer turns it into an act of faith.
So we built the site we would have wanted. Every price in USD. Every home on a real map you can pan on a phone. Every description in English, written to be read rather than to rank. A WhatsApp button on every page, because that is where this conversation usually happens. And one promise we can keep: a real person replies within one working day.
We would rather tell you a property is wrong for you than sell it to you. That is not a slogan about integrity — it is the only way a business that depends on people flying to another country to view a home survives its own reputation.
How we work
English, end to end
Listings, contract explanations, viewings and every message in between. Not an English page bolted onto a Turkish business — the whole service, in one language, from the first click to the title deed.
One working day
Send a message and a person answers within one working day. Not a chatbot, not an auto-reply, and not a call at 3am in your timezone.
Prices in USD
Every figure on this site is in US dollars, so you can compare two homes without opening a currency converter. Where a price is indicative rather than fixed it says "Guide price" — we do not disguise one as the other.
Facts we have checked
We confirm ownership, the actual interior square metres and the map position before a home goes live. Where we do not know something about a property, we say that we do not know it.
How buying in Istanbul works for foreign buyers
Most people arrive here having read seven contradictory blog posts. This is the shape of the process, in order, in plain English — what happens, and what you are expected to do at each point.
Work out your budget and your shortlist
Decide what the purchase is for — a home you will live in, a place to use in summer, or something you intend to rent out. That answer changes the district before it changes the property. Tell us the brief and we will tell you honestly which parts of it Istanbul can meet.
View, in person or remotely
We arrange viewings in an order that makes geographic sense, so a trip is not spent in traffic. If you cannot travel yet, we walk the property on a video call and show you the things photographs are chosen to hide.
Make an offer and agree the terms
Offers are negotiated with the seller. Once a price is agreed the terms are written down — what is included, the condition the property is handed over in, and the timetable for payment.
Get your Turkish tax number and a bank account
A foreign buyer needs a Turkish tax number, and in practice a Turkish bank account, before money can move. Both are administrative rather than difficult. This is the step people leave too late.
Independent valuation and legal checks
A purchase by a foreign buyer involves an official valuation report, and your lawyer checks the title at the Land Registry: that the seller is the owner, that the property is what it is described as, and that nothing is registered against it. Do not skip the lawyer — and do not use ours.
Title deed transfer
The transfer of the tapu — the title deed — happens at the Land Registry office, with a sworn translator present if you do not speak Turkish. You can attend in person or appoint someone by power of attorney. When this is done, the property is yours.
After the keys
Utilities move into your name, the property is registered for the taxes that apply to it, and if you intend to rent it out there is a further set of registrations. We stay reachable after the sale, because most of the questions arrive afterwards.
This is a general description of how the process usually runs, written so you know what to expect. It is not legal or tax advice, requirements change, and your circumstances may differ. Use an independent Turkish lawyer of your own choosing and confirm the current rules with them before you commit to anything.